Information technology industries

The United States is providing $380,000 over two years so that disabled Vietnamese people can learn the skills needed to find highly paid jobs in Viet Nam's growing IT market.
The Information Technology Training Program is being run by the Ha Noi College of Information Technology with support from Catholic Relief Services, and will train up to 375 vision-, hearing- and mobility-impaired students in skills that should lead to good jobs in Viet Nam's information technology industry.
In a dedication ceremony held today, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Jonathan Aloisi noted the ongoing partnership between the United States and Viet Nam in assisting the disabled.
"Over the past years, the U.S. Government has provided approximately $43 million to assist persons with disabilities in Viet Nam, and these efforts will continue," he said. … [Read more...] about U.S. Sponsors Information Technology Training for the Disabled

BEGIC - This plan has target which aims to develop information technology (IT) industry and serve industrialization – modernization, contribute development of economic and social of Binh Duong province. Until 2015, IT enterprises in the province will have sufficient ability about design, device production, replace gradually devices from import, intensify researches of intergated chip device, manufacture some IT hardwares; until 2020, establish IT research and development department of enterprises, have sufficient ability about researching and developing IT new products, IT industry account for major density in GDP and lead Binh Duong province become a national center of hardware industry.
According to the plan, in the period of 2011 – 2015 will deploy projects: building IT center; developing training center of human resources; improve state management capacity; study technology - science for IT supplementary industry; impulse the development of source code … [Read more...] about Draft “Development plan of information technology industry in the period of 2011-2015 and orient until 2020”

Driven by an annual 20 percent growth rate in the information technology industry, Vietnam has become a destination for investors operating in hi-tech production and services, the International Data Group (IDG) said. IDG's assessment added more weight to the issue which should increase foreign investors' confidence in investing into Vietnam, including those from the US. Within a month, American investors injected money into three new hi-tech projects in Vietnam. Draper Fisher Jurvetson of the US has teamed up with VinaCapital to form the DFJ VinaCapital fund with an initial capital of 50 million USD. The fund will be pumped exclusively into the businesses and projects that involve telecommunications and IT industries. The Texas Pacific Group (TPG) has joined with Intel Capital to invest 36.6 million USD into the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT) - a leading local IT company. On Nov. 11, Intel Corp. announced an increase in investment capital for a chip assembly … [Read more...] about Investors eye Vietnam’s hi-technology industry

VNPT Lam Dong Affirming Mainstream Role in Telecom-Information Technology Industry
Officially going into operation on January 1, 2008, from the separation from Lam Dong Post Office, VNPT Lam Dong has always affirmed its leading position in supplying telecommunications and information technology services in Lam Dong province; ensured the uninterrupted information and communication of local authorities; ensured national security and defence; and contributed positively to local social, economic and cultural development. To uphold its leading role in telecom-information technology industry in the province, for nearly one decade, VNPT Lam Dong has focused on developing technical infrastructure for mobile networks, enhancing optical transmission network capacity, upgrading the capacity to serve socio-economic development requirements, and speeding up technical support for customers. With its pioneering spirit and intensive investment policy, VNPT Lam Dong now has a modern synchronised … [Read more...] about VNPT Lam Dong Affirming Mainstream Role in Telecom-Information Technology Industry